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...Fido Get So Fat? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first diet drug for the more than 3 million obese dogs in the country, our Jan. 22 issue reported. If you're wondering how a dog's life came to this, our April 26, 1968, story on pet foods provides some insight...
...Americans traditionally treat their four-legged household pets like members of the family. And they feed them accordingly. Today, even table scraps are not good enough-which means that the nation's 3,000 dog- and cat-food makers and marketers contemplate 1968 sales of over $900 million, up $300 million since 1965. At that price, the doggy dish runs all the way from chicken croquettes to chunks of pure beef. Pet-food makers insist that there is a little of the gourmand in every dog and cat, and last year they spent $52.5 million to advertise their argument-more...
...acts as if he's forced against his will into greatness. And while he does stifle his emotions, he isn't afraid to cry. "The John Wayne idea was what a man wanted to be--not what a man is," he says, fingering the dog-tag necklace that has a hologram of his two kids. "I'd rather watch a person be full of intense emotions and fighting [against] expressing them...
...here that we encountered the Education Canine dog school, a lively bunch of pampered pooches enrolled on a rigorous exercise and discipline program. Our twenty-strong tasting panel was more than ready for some liquid refreshment after a long midday walk. They (quite literally) lapped the stuff...
...Education Canine's "headmaster" Franck Philip pronounced the drink a success. "I can definitely see this taking off," he said while taking a few sips, "but more so in America than in Europe. Americans like to spoil their pets with expensive accessories and dog hairdressers, but I like my dog to be a real dog...